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Have Some Fun and Do Some Good at #ACGME2025!
Review a sampling of the activities being curated for attendees to enjoy at #ACGME2025!
Dr. Pilar Ortega Featured in Medicine on the Midway Fall Issue
The University of Chicago's Fall 2024 issue of Medicine on the Midway features Dr. Ortega in an article on challenges faced by street medicine programs due to increased homelessness and migration, as well as the importance of culturally competent care and the need for medical education to address health inequities and prepare future clinicians to serve underserved populations effectively.
November 11, 2024
2025 ACGME Annual Educational Conference registration opens this week; access the new Language Equity in Health Care Toolkit; participate in the Clinician Educator Journal Club; and more.
Partnerships to Establish and Sustain Rural GME: Q and A with Dustin Beck, DO of the OMECO/Cherokee Nation Family Medicine Residency Program
The next post in the Partnerships to Establish and Sustain Rural GME series is an interview with Dr. Dustin Beck of the OMECO/Cherokee Nation Family Medicine Residency Program.
Physician Data Initiative Launches to Standardize Sociodemographic Data
The ACGME, American Medical Association (AMA), and Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) have launched the Physician Data Initiative (PDI), a collaborative effort aimed at improving the health of the nation by better understanding the dynamics of the physician workforce.
November 4, 2024
Check out the ACGME's two new ACGME Equity Matters resources: the ACGME Equity Matters Resource Collection and the Language Equity in Health Care Toolkit; post open positions in graduate medical education on the ACGME Annual Educational Conference Job Board; and read news and updates from Review Committees.
ACGME Launches Language Equity in Health Care Toolkit
The ACGME is excited to announce the availability of its new Language Equity in Health Care Toolkit, a partnership with the American Medical Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, and the National Council for Interpreting in Healthcare. The toolkit is part of ACGME Equity Matters®, with the goal of providing educational content and access to resources to improve language equity in health care and graduate medical education.
ACGME Launches ACGME Equity Matters® Resource Collection to Support DEI Goals in GME
The ACGME is proud to share the ACGME Equity Matters® Resource Collection, a comprehensive and dynamic set of resources designed to assist Sponsoring Institutions, programs, and specialty organizations in achieving their diversity, equity, and inclusion goals.
Letter to the Community on Timeline for Major Revision to ACGME Institutional Requirements
Letter to the Community from ACGME Chief Accreditation Officer Mary Klingensmith, MD and Institutional Review Committee Chair Cynthia Kelley, DO, FAAFP discussing the extension of the original timeline for approval and implementation of the revisions to the Institutional Requirements.
Why Multilingualism is a Physician Superpower—and How to Activate It!
Dr. Pilar Ortega reflects on presenting the University of Chicago's Bowman Society Lecture and how the topics she covered underscore her work as a physician and in her role at the ACGME.
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